A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton
A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
A simple bump filter made upon request at irc #inkscape at freenode. Made a screen capture of the making here: https://youtu.be/TGAWYKVLxQw
Source Lazur URH
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Nice little grid. Would work great as a base on top of some other patterns.
Source Arno Gregorian
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo